FINANCIAL PLANNING

Financial planning

While the country ranks well in terms of resilience in ageing and automation as a whole, it is older workers that could be in danger of their ability to finance their lon...

Financial planning

National Australia Bank has selected Western Sydney University as its preferred provider for two of their FASEA-approved courses....

Financial planning

Legislation has moved through Parliament to end adviser grandfathered remuneration with the Association of Financial Advisers arguing that there was no balanced consultat...

Financial planning

Financial services product providers have been urged not to move ahead of the Government’s January, 2021, timeframe in turning off grandfathered commissions....

Financial planning

The united approach adopted by the Financial Planning Association and the Association of Financial Advisers has been credited with achieving the extension of the Financia...

Financial planning

Advice remediation costs have dragged down IOOF’s profit but the company remains open to new advice acquisitions....

Policy & Regulation

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has told financial planning firms it expected them to “keep up” with the implementation of regtech....

Financial planning

Australian Paul Greenwood has taken out the 2019 PlanPlus Global Financial Planning Award for Europe/Australia....

Financial planning

Data from the FPA shows an overwhelming majority of Gen Y and Gen Z would be interested in spending more time with a financial planner....

Financial planning

Some financial planners believe industry funds are utilising scaled advice services to gain an advantage....

Financial planning

Women underestimate their life insurance value by 125 per cent ($373,000), while men underestimate it by only 19 per cent ($97,000), on average, according to a study from...

People & Products

Financial planning firm Eureka Whittaker Macnaught has acquired Parramatta-based financial adviser Warren McHattan....

Financial planning

Xplore Wealth has announced the sale of its 50 per cent stake in Queensland financial planning business McGregor Wealth Management....

Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association has confirmed the inevitable hit on the Certified Financial Planner designation resulting from the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethi...

Financial planning

Early data from a Money Management survey has revealed significant underlying acceptance for a convergence of advice and accounting....

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